Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography, 8. ciltFrancis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1831 |
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Sayfa 7
... measure the distance and strength of his enemies . This is the moment to shoot him fairly in the forehead , or some other mortal part . If they continue to wound him ineffectu- ally , till he becomes furious and desperate , or if the ...
... measure the distance and strength of his enemies . This is the moment to shoot him fairly in the forehead , or some other mortal part . If they continue to wound him ineffectu- ally , till he becomes furious and desperate , or if the ...
Sayfa 12
... measures , he first issued a written command ( lettres de jussion ) to the parliament ; and if this was not obey- ed , he held the lit de justice . The parlia- ment was then , indeed , obliged to submit , but it afterwards commonly made ...
... measures , he first issued a written command ( lettres de jussion ) to the parliament ; and if this was not obey- ed , he held the lit de justice . The parlia- ment was then , indeed , obliged to submit , but it afterwards commonly made ...
Sayfa 19
... Measure . ) LITTER ; a sort of vehiculary bed ; a couch or chair wherein the Roman pa- tricians were borne by their servants , par- ticularly on solemn public occasions , such as triumphal pomps or religious ceremo- nies . These litters ...
... Measure . ) LITTER ; a sort of vehiculary bed ; a couch or chair wherein the Roman pa- tricians were borne by their servants , par- ticularly on solemn public occasions , such as triumphal pomps or religious ceremo- nies . These litters ...
Sayfa 32
... measure more from a convic- tion of our incompetent preparation , than from any doubt of our ability to contend successfully when properly armed . His speeches , on that memorable occasion , bear ample testimony to this , as well as to ...
... measure more from a convic- tion of our incompetent preparation , than from any doubt of our ability to contend successfully when properly armed . His speeches , on that memorable occasion , bear ample testimony to this , as well as to ...
Sayfa 45
... measure the ship's head - way in the following manner : The reel being held by one man , and the half - minute glass by another , the mate of the watch fixes the pin , and throws the log over the stern , which , swimming perpendicularly ...
... measure the ship's head - way in the following manner : The reel being held by one man , and the half - minute glass by another , the mate of the watch fixes the pin , and throws the log over the stern , which , swimming perpendicularly ...
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